Editing in The Big Apple
I'm in New York City for the weekend and I've been spending some good quality time with former Mesa Community College student Mike Luciano. Luciano works at SUBVOYANT, a terrific post-production house in New York City. Located on Broadway and Broome, the facility occupies the second floor of this fabulous, suite of studios with stunning views of lower Manhattan. Mike started at Subvoyant in 1997 (working summers) and has worked his way up to Associate Editor. After graduating from MCC (and, subsequently, ASU), Mike moved to the East Coast and went full-time with the company.
In addition to editing commercials ("little movies"), the Subvoyant folks edit a lot of music videos. In his spare time (trust me, he doesn't have much to spare ... it's already after midnight), he's editing a Mopreme Shakur film tentatively titled KILLING BORROWED TIME.
Now, the student has become the teacher. Luciano is helping another MCC film student get started in post production in NYC. Alec Edward recently completed his Media Arts course of study at MCC and will begin his studies at the New York Film Academy. Alec is now assisting Luciano with editing BORROWED TIME and production tasks at SUBVOYANT.
I was talking to Mike today and he said one of the neatest things I ever heard a student say. He said, "At MCC, I learned how to do something that I loved, something I could imagine doing for the rest of my life. After you finish school, life is just work and survival. Everyone has to work. It's good to be doing work that is fun and exciting."
